Panel Vision and Objectives
Artificial Intelligence (AI), widely recognized as a transformative technology poised to revolutionize various facets of society and our daily routines, faces a significant challenge: the AI gender gap within its research and development, deployment, adoption, governance, and usage. The absence of women in defining, producing, and utilizing this critical technology poses a risk of perpetuating societal inequalities and incompleteness, thereby diminishing the potential of important technology that will shape the future of society. This exclusion leads to biased algorithms, unequal economic impacts, and a loss of innovation, effectively eroding the technology's utility for half the global population.
The objective of this panel discussion is to explore novel socio-cultural, historical, and geo-strategic perspectives to comprehend the root cause of the problem in African and Caribbean societies. Current Western models of the AI gender gap often fail to comprehend or anticipate gender dynamics in non-Western AI landscapes such as China, Japan, Africa, the Caribbean, and parts of the Middle East. The latter assumes that universal "parity" (equal, interchangeable representation) is the sole valid indicator of progress. This approach frequently resulted in the tokenization of women's presence in corporate settings, classrooms, academia, and discussion rooms solely to achieve gender parity without implementing genuine mechanisms that address the underlying causes of the problems and the corresponding eradication of the problem across generations.
You are cordially invited to participate in this stimulating panel discussion as a panelist or discussion contributor. Each panelist will deliver a concise presentation on one of the following topics:
Artificial Intelligence (AI), widely recognized as a transformative technology poised to revolutionize various facets of society and our daily routines, faces a significant challenge: the AI gender gap within its research and development, deployment, adoption, governance, and usage. The absence of women in defining, producing, and utilizing this critical technology poses a risk of perpetuating societal inequalities and incompleteness, thereby diminishing the potential of important technology that will shape the future of society. This exclusion leads to biased algorithms, unequal economic impacts, and a loss of innovation, effectively eroding the technology's utility for half the global population.
The objective of this panel discussion is to explore novel socio-cultural, historical, and geo-strategic perspectives to comprehend the root cause of the problem in African and Caribbean societies. Current Western models of the AI gender gap often fail to comprehend or anticipate gender dynamics in non-Western AI landscapes such as China, Japan, Africa, the Caribbean, and parts of the Middle East. The latter assumes that universal "parity" (equal, interchangeable representation) is the sole valid indicator of progress. This approach frequently resulted in the tokenization of women's presence in corporate settings, classrooms, academia, and discussion rooms solely to achieve gender parity without implementing genuine mechanisms that address the underlying causes of the problems and the corresponding eradication of the problem across generations.
You are cordially invited to participate in this stimulating panel discussion as a panelist or discussion contributor. Each panelist will deliver a concise presentation on one of the following topics:
- State of Gender Gap in Artificial Intelligence and Digital Technology: Why There is No Progress
- AI & Digital Gap in Africa and the Caribbean: Challenges and Opportunities
- African Perspective on AI Gender: The Role of African Value Systems, History, Spirituality, and Cosmology
- The Role of Academia, Government, Education, Corporations, and Individuals in Addressing AI and Digital Gap
Other planned activities during the conference to address the AI gender gap include the Best Paper Presentation by a Female Paper Author and the Best Female-Authored Paper on AI Application in African or Caribbean Problems. Additionally, limited partial funding is available to female authors whose scientific paper has been peer-reviewed and selected for publication, based on their needs and subject to available funds.
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Contact info: Thomas Dousseu. Email: general-chair@paaiss.com
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